Introduction
Our sports partnership between Bucks New University and Ashridge Business School creates a unique delivery of education in sporting leadership, from a legacy coaching programme at sub degree level, to an innovative postgraduate programme delivering all of the knowledge and skills needed to support the developing coach. Produced by a combined team of Ashridge and Bucks academics and coaches, the programme enables coaches at any level to access these requisite skills and aims to create and promote a pathway of lifelong learning in sport.
Legacy Coaching Programme
The Legacy Coaching Programme identifies the skills, knowledge, process and behavioural competencies for a coach to enable others to achieve great things. This will leave a lasting legacy, not just in the world of sport but also across families, communities and workplaces.
The Legacy Coaching Programme benefits individuals, organisations and communities. Employers can sponsor individual staff through the Bronze, Silver or Gold Legacy Coaching Programmes. Legacy coaches can then work effectively with their teams or others within the organisation. In addition, through the programme they are encouraged to use their coaching skills as volunteers with local sport, charities and other clubs in their community. So the programme helps organisations to achieve their CSR ambitions as well as developing staff to improve their own and others’ performance within the business. The individual gains valuable skills they can use throughout their life. Local groups will also benefit from volunteers who can help them achieve success, whatever their goal. Each level in this programme is a one day course.
Bronze – Coaching the individual; giving them confidence, identifying key challenges and goals and providing the support they will need on their journey.
Silver – Coaching teams; focuses on forming a group of people into a team with an inspiring purpose, common goals and shared values.
Gold – Coaching for leaders; the role of the coach as a leader who is self aware, has their own ‘leadership DNA ’ and is inspirational to others.
This programme is led by Ian Bell and John Neal from Ashridge Business School. For more information about the programme please contact Ian or John on 01442 841 478 or visit thelegacyprogramme.com.
FDA Sports Club Management
The Foundation Degree Sports Club Management has been designed to address some of the current issues facing sports clubs, by bringing business and sports development together to promote more effective and efficient management in community sports clubs. The aim of this programme is to apply the general principles, models and theories of sport business management to your club, in order to enable you to improve for the benefit of your members and the wider local community.
A foundation degree combines academic study with work-based learning, enabling you to apply what you learn within the context of your role. It is a recognised qualification which is equivalent to the first two years of an honours degree.
This programme is led by Paul Morgan from Bucks New University. For more information about the programme please contact Paul on 0800 0565 660 or visit bucks.ac.uk/courses and state sports club in the keyword search box.
FDA Applied Coaching Science / BSc (Hons) Coaching Science (top-up)
This popular and well established work-based programme is aimed at those who are currently working in the sport and leisure industry with a specific interest in coaching. Over 50 people from the coaching sector working across professional clubs, sports development, fitness and teaching have embarked on this course.
Whether you are a volunteer or in full-time employment, this course enables you to complete a part-time degree within three years on a flexible basis. The course applies principles and theories of coaching science to enhance your career development. After successful completion of this programme, you will be able to progress to our BA (Hons) Coaching Science (top-up) course.
This programme is led by Paul Morgan from Bucks New University. For more information about the programme, please contact the University on 0800 0565 660 or visit bucks.ac.uk/courses and state science in the keyword search box and then select the relevant course you are interested in.
World Class Sports Coach Development Programme
This annual programme is one of Sport Business Initiative’s core programmes, aimed at increasing participant’s effectiveness in leadership and management, through self discovery and application of new behaviours, knowledge and attitudes. Through a series of modular master classes, it covers many topical areas that have proved to be key in the development of successful practices at a senior level in sporting organisations. Each master class combines theory, debate and opportunities to test out the application of new skills and behaviours in a low-risk environment.
This programme is led by Ian Bell and John Neal from Ashridge Business School. For more information about the programme please contact Ian or John on 01442 841 478 or visit ashridge.org.uk.
PGDip Leadership and Management / MA Leadership and Management
This well-established and successful programme extends over 26 months and comprises two parts. The first includes six, two-day intensive residential workshops and requires participants to complete two pieces of work linked to your work in sport development and coaching: a Reflective Portfolio and a work-based Project. The residential workshops includes expert presentations, are highly interactive, case and problem-focused, and also includes extensive use of action learning approaches both in and between workshops. On successful completion of stage one, participants can opt either to continue to the master’s stage or to leave with a postgraduate diploma (PGDip) qualification. The second part of the programme is devoted to the completion of a dissertation. During this time participants are supported by one-to-one tutorial supervision and guidance, and by involvement in voluntary action learning sets and cohort meetings. Both the focus and form of the work-based project and the dissertation are decided through negotiation. Students will apply theory to practice in the sport industry.
These programmes are led by Professor Patrick Smith from Bucks New University. For more information about the programme please contact Patrick on 0800 0565 660 or visit bucks.ac.uk/courses and state leadership and management in the keyword search box and then select the relevant course you are interested in.
Further information can be found in the Ashridge Business School booklet (pdf format).
Ashridge Business School
Telephone: +44 (0)1442 841 478
Email: ian.bell@ashridge.org.uk
Web: ashridge.org.uk
Bucks New University
Telephone: 0800 0565 660
Email: advice@bucks.ac.uk
Web: bucks.ac.uk/courses
Our sports partnership between Bucks New University and Ashridge Business School creates a unique delivery of education in sporting leadership, from a legacy coaching programme at sub degree level, to an innovative postgraduate programme delivering all of the knowledge and skills needed to support the developing coach. Produced by a combined team of Ashridge and Bucks academics and coaches, the programme enables coaches at any level to access these requisite skills and aims to create and promote a pathway of lifelong learning in sport.
Legacy Coaching Programme
The Legacy Coaching Programme identifies the skills, knowledge, process and behavioural competencies for a coach to enable others to achieve great things. This will leave a lasting legacy, not just in the world of sport but also across families, communities and workplaces.
The Legacy Coaching Programme benefits individuals, organisations and communities. Employers can sponsor individual staff through the Bronze, Silver or Gold Legacy Coaching Programmes. Legacy coaches can then work effectively with their teams or others within the organisation. In addition, through the programme they are encouraged to use their coaching skills as volunteers with local sport, charities and other clubs in their community. So the programme helps organisations to achieve their CSR ambitions as well as developing staff to improve their own and others’ performance within the business. The individual gains valuable skills they can use throughout their life. Local groups will also benefit from volunteers who can help them achieve success, whatever their goal. Each level in this programme is a one day course.
Bronze – Coaching the individual; giving them confidence, identifying key challenges and goals and providing the support they will need on their journey.
Silver – Coaching teams; focuses on forming a group of people into a team with an inspiring purpose, common goals and shared values.
Gold – Coaching for leaders; the role of the coach as a leader who is self aware, has their own ‘leadership DNA ’ and is inspirational to others.
This programme is led by Ian Bell and John Neal from Ashridge Business School. For more information about the programme please contact Ian or John on 01442 841 478 or visit thelegacyprogramme.com.
FDA Sports Club Management
The Foundation Degree Sports Club Management has been designed to address some of the current issues facing sports clubs, by bringing business and sports development together to promote more effective and efficient management in community sports clubs. The aim of this programme is to apply the general principles, models and theories of sport business management to your club, in order to enable you to improve for the benefit of your members and the wider local community.
A foundation degree combines academic study with work-based learning, enabling you to apply what you learn within the context of your role. It is a recognised qualification which is equivalent to the first two years of an honours degree.
This programme is led by Paul Morgan from Bucks New University. For more information about the programme please contact Paul on 0800 0565 660 or visit bucks.ac.uk/courses and state sports club in the keyword search box.
FDA Applied Coaching Science / BSc (Hons) Coaching Science (top-up)
This popular and well established work-based programme is aimed at those who are currently working in the sport and leisure industry with a specific interest in coaching. Over 50 people from the coaching sector working across professional clubs, sports development, fitness and teaching have embarked on this course.
Whether you are a volunteer or in full-time employment, this course enables you to complete a part-time degree within three years on a flexible basis. The course applies principles and theories of coaching science to enhance your career development. After successful completion of this programme, you will be able to progress to our BA (Hons) Coaching Science (top-up) course.
This programme is led by Paul Morgan from Bucks New University. For more information about the programme, please contact the University on 0800 0565 660 or visit bucks.ac.uk/courses and state science in the keyword search box and then select the relevant course you are interested in.
World Class Sports Coach Development Programme
This annual programme is one of Sport Business Initiative’s core programmes, aimed at increasing participant’s effectiveness in leadership and management, through self discovery and application of new behaviours, knowledge and attitudes. Through a series of modular master classes, it covers many topical areas that have proved to be key in the development of successful practices at a senior level in sporting organisations. Each master class combines theory, debate and opportunities to test out the application of new skills and behaviours in a low-risk environment.
This programme is led by Ian Bell and John Neal from Ashridge Business School. For more information about the programme please contact Ian or John on 01442 841 478 or visit ashridge.org.uk.
PGDip Leadership and Management / MA Leadership and Management
This well-established and successful programme extends over 26 months and comprises two parts. The first includes six, two-day intensive residential workshops and requires participants to complete two pieces of work linked to your work in sport development and coaching: a Reflective Portfolio and a work-based Project. The residential workshops includes expert presentations, are highly interactive, case and problem-focused, and also includes extensive use of action learning approaches both in and between workshops. On successful completion of stage one, participants can opt either to continue to the master’s stage or to leave with a postgraduate diploma (PGDip) qualification. The second part of the programme is devoted to the completion of a dissertation. During this time participants are supported by one-to-one tutorial supervision and guidance, and by involvement in voluntary action learning sets and cohort meetings. Both the focus and form of the work-based project and the dissertation are decided through negotiation. Students will apply theory to practice in the sport industry.
These programmes are led by Professor Patrick Smith from Bucks New University. For more information about the programme please contact Patrick on 0800 0565 660 or visit bucks.ac.uk/courses and state leadership and management in the keyword search box and then select the relevant course you are interested in.
Further information can be found in the Ashridge Business School booklet (pdf format).
Ashridge Business School
Telephone: +44 (0)1442 841 478
Email: ian.bell@ashridge.org.uk
Web: ashridge.org.uk
Bucks New University
Telephone: 0800 0565 660
Email: advice@bucks.ac.uk
Web: bucks.ac.uk/courses
